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Working toward more walkable communities, one walkable amenity at a time. August 14th, 2015. Site of proposed plaza, looking toward Highway 12. A couple of folks have recently contacted me about the challenges of living a more car-free life in places still oriented around cars. They noted that it is often easier to hop into an automobile rather than to walk home in the rain from a library […]. Tags: Boyes Hot Springs. Unsettling encounter in Copperopolis Town Square. Andres Duany: Ego not optional. San R...
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Laquo; Stories from CNU 23: Anarchy and more. North Bay non sequiturs. Working toward more walkable communities, one walkable amenity at a time. August 14th, 2015. Site of proposed plaza, looking toward Highway 12. But we can’t ignore those inconvenient facts. Unwinding from a drivable suburban world will be a reality of the next decades. And we should be praising those who, like those who have contacted me, are the early adopters. Many residents of Boyes Hot Springs, north of Sonoma along Highway 12, ha...
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North Bay non sequiturs. August 13th, 2015. Perhaps it was having been away from the North Bay for nearly two weeks following minor league baseball in the South, but when I returned home, I seemed to look at North Bay land-use issues with fresh eyes, eyes that were more open to situations that felt off-kilter. I’m not saying land-use gaffes, but land-use […]. Bucking the rules on the Fourth of July. July 7th, 2015. April 27th, 2015. Ray’s Deli and Tavern. Ray’s Deli and Tavern. February 23rd, 2015. The c...
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North Bay non sequiturs. August 13th, 2015. Perhaps it was having been away from the North Bay for nearly two weeks following minor league baseball in the South, but when I returned home, I seemed to look at North Bay land-use issues with fresh eyes, eyes that were more open to situations that felt off-kilter. I’m not saying land-use gaffes, but land-use […]. Unsettling encounter in Copperopolis Town Square. Andres Duany: Ego not optional. Bike share for the ferry terminals. Perusing the Grand Jury report.
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Towns can overbuild more than infrastructure. August 17th, 2016. In writing about the best moments from CNU 24, the annual gathering of urbanists held in Detroit earlier this year, I quoted Andres Duany on the role of public buildings, Urbanist codes should cover residential, commercial, and office buildings, but not public buildings. It’s in public buildings where architects should be […]. Taking the next step – Opportunities to get involved during the week of August 7. August 8th, 2016. July 27th, 2016.
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Affording a $400 sidewalk repair. April 27th, 2016. Note: If the message below seems familiar, it may be because I wrote on the same subject a couple of months back. But new and better targeted quotes have come across my desk that allow me to make the point more effectively. Perhaps it’s intellectually lazy, but some days are like that.). Today begins with […]. The downfall of suburbia as seen in sidewalk cracks. March 17th, 2016. Narrowing the spectrum of street users. October 12th, 2015. A couple of fo...
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Stay alert for youthful users of the street all year long. August 31st, 2016. Harmar Elementary School in Harmar, Ohio. I promised a guest writer today, an expert on road diets. Unfortunately, he’s still hard at work on his post, so you’re instead stuck with me. The road diet post, or hopefully two, will run next week. But it’s okay that today’s authorship reverted to me because I […]. Free-range kids: Part 1, Framing the discussion. August 30th, 2016. Children at play in a Spokane park. August 29th, 2016.
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North Bay non sequiturs. August 13th, 2015. Perhaps it was having been away from the North Bay for nearly two weeks following minor league baseball in the South, but when I returned home, I seemed to look at North Bay land-use issues with fresh eyes, eyes that were more open to situations that felt off-kilter. I’m not saying land-use gaffes, but land-use […]. Unsettling encounter in Copperopolis Town Square. Andres Duany: Ego not optional. Bike share for the ferry terminals. Perusing the Grand Jury report.
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Farmer’s Market, San Rafael by ftchris, on Flickr. The Bay Area is a vibrant, fascinating, diverse, and interconnected place in ways we hardly ever stop to think about. For press inquiries, please contact David Edmondson at info@vibrantbayarea.org. Unsettling encounter in Copperopolis Town Square. Andres Duany: Ego not optional. Bike share for the ferry terminals. Pleasant Hill BART TOD a mixed bag. Stay alert for youthful users of the street all year long. Twenty is Plenty is more than a clever rhyme.